rafflesmuseum.wordpress.com Archives - 02 January 2012, Monday

Indonesia and Norway have entered into a landmark deal that will pay Indonesia up to US$1 billion for forest-conservation activities aimed at slowing rampant deforestation and resulting greenhouse gas emissions. A recent Presidential Instruction in Indonesia outlines a key deliverable...

The Project Semakau free intertidal walks (sponsored by the HSBC) have benefited more than 800 students from schools across Singapore for the year of 2011. This year, in conjunction with the project’s third year in running, a photo-movie contest was also organized with the aim of crea...

Clean-up at the museum (The Straits Times, 21 December 2011) Posted on 21 December 2011 by dbsnlls Click on image to download pdf. Clean-up at the museum Grace Chua 21st December 2011 The pair of orang utans, one male and one female, had languished in the closet for years – their hide...

On average, one new species of plants and animals was found every two days last year in the Greater Mekong region. The 208 species discovered included a new monkey, a wolf snake and a self-cloning lizard, the World Wide Fund for Nature said this week. A highly threated biodiversity ho...

The Raffles Museum Toddycats has once again set up another exhibition at the Geylang East Public Library on the 10th of December 2011! There turn up was great and there were many children participating in the activities the Toddycats planned of the event.

The resident poster boy, Marcus, is currently researching on the ecology and conservation of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis ) in Singapore. More specifically, he is examining the diet, distribution and population of these nationally endangered cats in the wild.

These older specimens need the care of a skilled conservator in the form of Ms Kate Pocklington ! Kate is from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History , and will be here in RMBR until the end of the month to give the specimens a much needed make-over! Now, what exactly does a ...

Click on image to download pdf. Get ready for Twinky & friends Two of three dinosaur fossils Singapore bought could arrive next year Tan Dawn Wei The Sunday Times December 4, 2011 Singapore’s heftiest immigrants are moving here as early as next year – two years before their new home w...

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Wild – Carnivores at the Library! Review of the Southeast Asian miniature cyprinid genus Sundadanio (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae) with descriptions of seven new species from Indonesia and Malaysia Rasbora atranus, a new species of fish from central Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) Systomus...

Wild – Carnivores at the Library! Review of the Southeast Asian miniature cyprinid genus Sundadanio (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae) with descriptions of seven new species from Indonesia and Malaysia Rasbora atranus, a new species of fish from central Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) Systomus...

, new species, is described from the upper Mahakam drainage, central Borneo. It belongs to the R. sumatrana-elegans complex (sensu Brittan, 1954). It is distinguished by having a dark midlateral stripe from the opercle to the caudal-fin base, often faint or poorly contrasted, widened ...

, new species, is described from Belait and Tutong drainages in Brunei. It is distinguished by the adults having a plain brown body with a blackish reticulate pattern; the juveniles with a faint black spot at dorsal-fin origin and a midlateral series of 3 or 4 black blotches on the fl...

RMBR featured in Shell’s 120th Anniversary Celebration Video 2 December 2011 by dbsnlls Leave a Comment To celebrate Shell’s 120 years in Singapore, a video was made to commemorate milestones and achievements with staff, partners, customers and other stakeholders. The director of RMBR...

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Frugivory and seed dispersal have a crucial role to play in the novel landscapes that are emerging around the world. Robust predictions of what will happen when new combinations of fruits and frugivores meet are likely to require a more mechanistic understanding of frugivory and seed ...

of December 2011, the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research of the National University of Singapore will be hosting an international workshop on the conservation of freshwater shrimps. The workshop is under the auspices of the IUCN and funded by the EU FP7 BIOFRESH project. The main...

11 dons now national science fellows (The Straits Times, 25 November 2011) 30 November 2011 by dbsnlls Leave a Comment Click on image to download pdf. 11 dons now national science fellows Singapore National Academy of Science welcomes first batch By Kezia Toh They did not receive trop...

We delved into the world of reptiles through discussions on how they are similar but yet so very different. Participants got a chance to explore an array of reptile specimens and unravel the mysteries of the various movement, feeding and defence mechanisms. They also got to get a clos...

“In the fresh and marine waters of Singapore and Peninsula Malaysia, the most common and widespread insects are the aquatic heteroptera. In 1963, C. H. Fernando and Lanna Cheng produced A guide to the Malayan Water Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with keys to the genera for students at ...

Do not worry if you have no prior guiding experience. Training will be provided for successful applicants to equip the new guides with proper guiding techniques. They are expected to write their own scripts and participate in on-the-job trainings before proceeding to be a full-fledged...

The museum is currently hosting Dr Christoph Schubart from Regensburg University in Germany, who will be with us from 15 November to 1 December. He is no stranger to our shores, having been based in Singapore between 1999-2000 . His objective for this visit is to study

What Dinosaurs and kiam chye-looking Reefs have in Common 16 November 2011 by dbsnlls Leave a Comment What Dinosaurs and kiam chye -looking Reefs have in Common Bridgette See Professor Peter Ng leans in and, in a hushed conspiratorial tone, goes: “To be a successful museum, other than...